Letters

To the Editor: In his Feb. 9 Viewpoint article (“Better Pay For Bar Advocates In A Bitter Economy”), Daniel B. Winslow claimed that “there are many heroes in our criminal justice system, but the bar advocates and public defenders are ...

To the Editor: While I generally agree with the comments of A. Joseph Ross in his letter to the editor (“No Need to Call It ‘Marriage,'” Feb. 16), I must take issue with his assertion that the use of the ...

To the Editor: I am writing with regard to one attorney’s claim that the number of item-pricing cases presently pending in Massachusetts against large retailers has led to plaintiffs typically achieving “little or no recovery,” while the attorneys’ fees have ...

The following letter was originally sent to Michael A. Fredrickson, general counsel to the Board of Bar Overseers. The author sent a copy to Lawyers Weekly for publication. Dear Mr. Fredrickson: I read your letter in Lawyers Weekly (“BBO Clears ...

To the Editor: Not so long ago, the idea of interracial marriages seemed horrifying to many people. As was the idea of blacks and whites attending the same classes together or sitting next to each other on a public bus. ...

To the Editor: Regardless of opinions, the Supreme Judicial Court, in Goodridge, has spoken. As attorneys, we should realize that interpreting the Constitution is directly within the judiciary’s mandate. The issue now becomes the application of this interpretation. I foresee ...

To the Editor: I think Goodridge is as much a decision about separation of powers as it is about equality and due process. In my view, a proper role of a court is to protect the individual and the minority ...

To the Editor: When Harry Blackmun, burning the midnight oil, handed down the Supreme Court’s holding in Roe v. Wade, I had some difficulty seeing, despite the thoughtfulness of the opinion, how the right to terminate a pregnancy might be ...

To the Editor: I add my name to those who are rightfully opposed to the Supreme Judicial Court’s rulings in Goodridge. There are those who eloquently speak of parallels to racial inequality. This could not be further from the truth. ...

To the Editor: Judges must decide cases before them according to the law, as they see it. When the decision comes out counter to one’s position, those who oppose the decision label those judges “activist” and engaging in judicial legislation. ...